The countdown has begun for Felix Baumgartner's epic jump from the edge of space!

Here we go, official broadcast started, all sytems go!

www.redbullstratos.com...

Commentary says: "We're moments away from launch"

It's going up!

It's a bird, it's a plane - no - it's Felix Baumgartner!

RELEASED!

Airborn!

2nd line

He is going to meet the greys..

very exciting!

Grabbing a beer!

Here's Joe Kittinger's video for those who haven't seen it. He's the current record holder from 1960.

www.youtube.com...

It is currently showing live on the Discovery Channel.

At least in the U.S. that is.

Pretty cool.

Originally posted by TommyD1966
It is currently showing live on the Discovery Channel.

At least in the U.S. that is.

Pretty cool.

wow still 20 miles to go.

Originally posted by TommyD1966
It is currently showing live on the Discovery Channel.

At least in the U.S. that is.

Pretty cool.

Not on discovery channel in Canada

Just watching up my laptop

Lol, old record holder Joe Kittinger is now doing a capsule checklist with Felix. cool!

Watching on the OP's link.

This is so cool!

So about 2 hours until he gets to 120k?

I think I heard them say that.

Looking at the social media stream on the main website, it feels good to see the whole world come together to watch this event.

I hope future scientific explorations and experiments will bring the world together similarly

Originally posted by Kr0nZ
So about 2 hours until he gets to 120k?

I think I heard them say that.

At the rate he's going, I'd say less than an hour.

Good luck Felix. Go get that record.

Well the feed on the internet is getting slower and slower and cutting out.

Wow, I have a crazy bad stream quality. Probably because there's around 2 million people watching it? If anyone has cable, I found it being aired on Discovery.

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My stream is good. I been watching since before launch.

Not on discovery channel in Canada

The jet stream map from weather underground